Rick Steves' French Phrase Book & Dictionary Paperback Review 

Rick Steve's French Phrase Book & Dictionary!! Just bought this book- and holy geez this has helped so much with my pronunciation. The first time these simple word connections were explained in plain English. Like oo=too etc . The biggest one is the je=treasure and the French 'U' mouth rounded set to say "oh" but saying 'ee' he been a game changer with one sound I have struggled with a lot. (if you read the book you would understand) but then also the explanation for the 'R' sound is the best description you can give. It has also helped so much with the 'N' nasal sounds in words I was putting to much of English hard "N" sounds in which obviously is completely wrong. But the explanations so far .. I can't say enough about it! I'm only on the numbers page so far pg 17. Lol while knowing all these words even being able to spell them correctly and most words said correctly there were words that were common ones that I still struggled with tremendously. These whole years attempting to self teach myself French from only a small start to actual school based lessons when in junior high school. Now 38 years old, and finally able to feel more confident about how I am speaking when previously reading/writing was the best possible way of communicating thus far. Definitely, confidence is key and this is helping in so many ways!